Sofia Liossi • Evangelos Tsiambas • Sotirios Maipas • et. al., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.82955 Abstract Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are the gold standard for confirming COVID-19. Test results provide the cycle threshold (Ct) value, which is correlated […]
Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron Eras
Authors: Yan Xie, Ph.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2457-9382, Taeyoung Choi, M.S., and Ziyad Al-Aly, M.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2600-0434, N Engl J Med 2024;391:515-525, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2403211, VOL. 391 NO. 6 Abstract Background Postacute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (PASC) can affect many organ systems. However, temporal […]
5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, and MIKE STOBBE Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have a name, […]
Omicron is considered a milder coronavirus, but scientists aren’t so sure
Authors: Melissa Healy August 13, 2022 la times For more than two years, Cathy Baron and Sara Alicia Costa managed to duck the coronavirus. But despite their being fully vaccinated and […]
Delta reinfection risk low among unvaccinated children
But scientists warn that the findings do not mean that children should not be vaccinated against COVID-19. Authors: Heidi Ledford July 4, 2022 NATURE Children and adolescents who had not […]
COVID-19: Omicron variant did not wipe out Delta, it could return
While the Delta virus wiped out the variants that preceded it, Omicron has not eliminated Delta, according to a new study from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Authors: JUDY […]
Two COVID Variants Just Combined Into a ‘Frankenstein’ Virus
Authors: David Axe Published Apr. 07, 2022 4:49AM ET The first subvariant of Omicron, the latest major variant of the novel coronavirus, was bad. BA.1 drove record cases and hospitalizations in many countries starting […]
COVID cases rise again in half the states
Change in reported COVID-19 cases per 100k people in the last two weeks March 23 to April 5, 2022 Half of the states are seeing COVID case numbers rise again […]
They’re called mild cases. But people with breakthrough covid can still feel pretty sick.
Authors: Fenit Nirappil The Washington Post Aug. 31, 2021 Andrew Kinsey knew that even after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, there was a chance he could still fall ill with […]
Model predicts 100,000 more COVID deaths unless U.S. changes its ways
AUGUST 27, 2021 / 7:50 AM / AP The U.S. is projected to see nearly 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths between now and December 1, according to the nation’s most closely watched forecasting model. […]